More than a week after it ignited, the McKinney Fire continued to burn through the Klamath National Forest in Northern California.
A Summer of Arctic Melting Hits Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago
Elevated temperatures in the Arctic, which caused massive melting of the Greenland ice sheet during a three-day period in July, also have touched off rapid glacial melting in Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago.
Range Expansion: How Climate Change Impacts West Coast Oak Savannas
Side by side, Dylan Jones displayed photos of two oak leaves, plucked from oak savannas on the West Coast.
Amazon’s Growth Limited by Lack of Phosphorus
Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.
Vancouver Researchers Suggest Air Pollution be Included as Risk Factor for Patients with Lung Cancer and Have Never Smoked
Researchers from Vancouver, British Columbia today examine the effect of duration of past exposure to air pollution with lung cancer diagnosis in new research presented at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer 2022.
Drought Increases Microbe-Laden Dust Landing in Sierras
Dust from all over the world is landing in the Sierra Nevada mountains carrying microbes that are toxic to both plants and humans.
New Model Sheds Light on Day/Night Cycle in the Global Ocean
Phytoplankton is the foundation of all life on the planet.
Dry Lightning Sparks Some of the Most Destructive and Costly Wildfires in California, Study Finds
A new study has found dry lightning outbreaks are the leading cause of some of the largest wildfire outbreaks in modern California history.
Risk of Death Rises as Climate Change Causes Nighttime Temperatures to Climb
Excessively hot nights caused by climate change are predicted to increase the mortality rate around the world by up to 60% by the end of the century, according to a new international study that features research from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Researchers Show Potential for Improved Water-Use Efficiency in Field-Grown Plants
Water deficit is currently one of the most significant limiting factors for global agricultural productivity, a factor further exacerbated by global climate change according to a 2019 water report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.